University College London (UCL) Updates

Disaster Organizations, Technologies and Strategies (DOTS): Research Report Series AUTHORS Shivaang Sharma (UCL School of Management) Miwako Kitamura (Tohoku University) Mika Sakai (Tohoku...

Authors: Ben C. Howard, Cynthia Awuni, Victoria Pratt, Annie Ockelford, Wouter Buytaert, and Samuel Agyei-Mensah Key Points Needs and preferences of early warning systems are highly variable...

Report abstract: The AI risks and realignment research series in humanitarian crisis is a multi-stakeholder initiative by researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of AI and...

This report presents key lessons and areas of good practice from specific examples, along with recommendations and entry points for inclusive, accessible early warning systems (EWS). It is aimed at...

Key Overview • Community-based early warning systems (CBEWS) bridge crucial gaps in providing early warning for all. • CBEWS emphasise anticipatory action by empowering communities to monitor and...

Key Points • With 3 out of 4 people owning a mobile phone (in 2022), mobile networks have become a powerful communication channel to alert populations about an imminent hazard. • Cell broadcast and...

Authors: Erika Meléndez-Landaverde and Daniel Sempere-Torres WARNINGS BRIEFING NOTE Key Points Warnings must empower communities to reduce hazard impacts. A community-based approach allows systems to...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a summary of the technical consultation From Double Burden to Double Duty: Policy and Programmatic Implications of Double-Duty Actions to Address the Full...

Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...

David E. Alexander with IRDR Staff and Students Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a systematic, if incomplete, record of the issues connected with the Covid-19 pandemic in order...

BACKGROUND A cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is an economic analysis to compare costs and effects of two interventions. A CEA is an important measure of programme performance, bringing valuable...

REPORT OVERVIEW This report is divided into four sections; Section 1 provides an overview of the Research on Food Assistance for Nutritional Impact (REFANI) project including a summary of the study...

Contextualising the Localisation of Aid In recent years, and especially since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the ‘localisation of aid agenda’ has become prominent in discussions about responses...

Introduction There is a growing interest within academic and policy circles surrounding the roles played by local faith communities (LFCs) and faith based organisations (FBOs) in responding to...

The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) is pleased to announce a research collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 2018-2019. Generously funded by the European...

This report is the result of a joint CDA-International Rescue Committee research funded by the US State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. From the Executive Summary This study...

Approaching Faith and Displacement Refugee Hosts is an AHRC-ESRC funded research project investigating local community experiences of and responses to displacement in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. In...

La résilience urbaine est un produit de la capacité des ménages à absorber le stress, à s’adapter et à transformer la marge d’action en gestion du risque. Cette note politique décrit dans ses grandes...

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This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team from the EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL), draws together primary research on mental...